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Vancouver, BC, September 13, 2019--The age-old technique of dressing in layers is a tried and tested way to protect from the elements. Now thanks to $1.5 million in new funding for UBC's Okanagan campus, researchers are pushing the practice to new limits by creating a high-tech body armour solution with multiple layers of protection against diverse threats.

Vancouver, BC, July 26, 2019--Major rapid transit projects can cost billions of dollars to build, but a new study from a researcher at UBC's Sauder School of Business has found they can also increase nearby home prices in the world's fast-growing urban areas.

Vancouver, BC, July 23, 2019--The University of BC has announced that its Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Training Program, led by UBC's Dr. Victoria Lemieux has recently been awarded $1.6 million through the NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program.

Vancouver, BC, July 15, 2019--Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), has announced the launch of a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at The University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver.

Vancouver, BC, July 5, 2019--Reducing a specific protein in the fat cells of mice not only prevents onset of Type 2 diabetes but also appears to reverse the disease in the animals, researchers at the University of British Columbia and Sweden's Karolinska Institute have found.

Vancouver, BC, August 2, 2019--Santa J. Ono, chair of the Research Universities' Council of British Columbia (RUCBC) and president and vice-chancellor of The University of British Columbia, announced that Max Blouw, former president and vice-chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, has been appointed as RUCBC's new president.

Vancouver, BC, June 17, 2019--Smart electricity meters are useful because they allow energy utilities to efficiently track energy use and allocate energy production. But because they're connected to a grid, they can also serve as back doors for malicious hackers.

Vancouver, BC, June 14, 2019--For some people, the thought of their partner, friend or colleague snooping through their phone, reading their texts and emails, is an automatic deal breaker. However, some relationships can survive the snooping, a new study examining the motivations behind phone snooping has found.